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Colin Braun Gains 10 Positions In June To Crack The Top 10

Press Release — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:26 +0000

Colin Braun

(CONCORD, N.C.) — June was a very good month for Colin Braun and the
Con-way Freight True LTL team. Not only did Braun score his
first-career Camping World Truck Series win, but with four consecutive
top-10 finishes he gained 10 positions in the driver point standings to
crack the top 10.

After two disappointing races in May when Braun fell out of both
Lowe’s and Dover while leading the races, he sat 20th in the
points, 141 points out of 10th place. The team knew that despite the
bad luck and frustration, they had to rally in the next four races to
climb back up in the points. The month of June would be pivotal, and
the team rose to the challenge.

Returning to his home state of Texas, Braun finished third which tied
his best truck finish at Kansas in 2008. The podium finish moved him up
to 18th place, and he gained 39 points on 10th. Braun’s win at
Michigan proved to be the biggest catalyst in his jump in points,
gaining six positions and 72 points on 10th place. With Milwaukee and
Memphis left on the schedule, Braun knew he had to dig deep to improve
his past performance at those two tracks.

After waiting out the rain for a day, Braun finished eighth at
Milwaukee. It was his best finish at the one-mile track, which moved
him up to 11th in points and within 18 points of 10th. Memphis had
always been a difficult track for Braun whose experience on short tracks
is limited due to his road racing background. This time around he used
patience and strategy to finish ninth, and move into 10th place in the
point standings.

“You start to get greedy and you start becoming less happy with top
10’s once you win a race, but what we need to do is keep getting top
10’s the rest of the season to put ourselves back up in this points
deal,” Braun said. “At the same time we know we have trucks capable
of winning races. We just need to figure out how to get them set-up the
best way and I need to drive them well enough to win these races.

“Our 1.5-mile program is really strong and I feel really comfortable
racing on those big tracks, but I have a lot to learn on the short
tracks to improve our results there. Luckily there are a lot more
intermediate tracks on the schedule than short tracks. If we could add
a few road courses in the truck series that would really be cool for
me.”

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating nine
motorsports teams. Five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers
Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan;
three in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, Ragan,
Erik Darnell, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Colin Braun; and one in the
Camping World Truck Series with Braun. For more information on any of
the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com. For
sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release

Colin Braun Collects Another Top-10 Finish At Milwaukee

Press Release — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:27:22 +0000

No. 6 Con-Way Freight Ford F-150

WEST ALLIS, Wisc. (June 20, 2009) – After losing the race against Mother Nature Friday night the Copart 200 rolled off Saturday afternoon under warm, sunny skies. Coming off a big win at Michigan last weekend, Colin Braun and the No. 6 Con-way Freight True LTL team were hoping to keep the momentum going. Although they were not able to capture another win, Braun did get his fifth top-10 finish of the season.

Braun started 13th based on owners’ points since qualifying was cancelled due to the rain on Friday. The truck was tight early in the race and he fell back to 17th, but then worked his way up to 10th place by lap 30. When the first caution of the race flew on lap 39 crew chief Mike Beam brought Braun down pit road for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. The team had two fast stops, but a traffic jam leaving pit road only allowed Braun to gain one position in the pits.

He was ninth when the race resumed on lap 44. The truck was better with the adjustment and he was up to fifth by the halfway point at lap 100. Without a caution, many of the teams began to cycle through the pits for green-flag fuel stops around lap 120. Braun pitted for fuel on lap 122, but a caution six laps later put him a lap down. Once everyone pitted under caution, Braun restarted the race 10th, but at the tail end of the lead lap in front of the leaders. He was able to stay in front of the leaders until the next caution came on lap 144 which put him behind the leaders on the lead lap.

Colin Braun

Braun lined up eighth when the race resumed on lap 146. With 25 laps to go he was up to fifth place and closing in on fourth. A final caution on lap 189 bunched up the field and Braun made his charge on the restart with eight laps to go. In the final laps Braun was battling Todd Bodine for fourth place. With two to go, Braun got loose inside of Bodine which forced him to fall back to 10th place. Never one to give up, Braun fought for as much track position as he could in the last two laps and finished the race in eighth place. Ron Hornaday took the win and the point lead.

“We had a pretty fast truck there at the end,” Braun said. “I just got loose under Bodine and lost some spots trying to save it. We didn’t have enough at the end of the race to challenge for the win since I think I used up a lot of our tires trying to stay ahead of the leaders when we got a lap down after the green-flag pit stop. All in all it was a good day since we came out of here with a top-10 finish. We gained a few more points and are getting closer to cracking the top 10 really soon.”

The No. 6 Con-way Freight team gained one position and is now 11th in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series point standings, only 18 points out of 10th place. The next race will be on Saturday, June 27 at Memphis Motorsports Park. It will be live on SPEED at 6:00 p.m. (ET).

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release